New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-04-20

fortune General Logan lett to his family
had accrued from fortunate investmentsini
national capital property.
Columbia college, New York, celebrated
ment OF the Institution under its present
name, at the Metropolitan opera house on
the j. Btu Literary, musical and religious
exercises were held. Frederick R. Coudert,
OF the class OF 1850, delivered the grafton.
Alumni from all parts Of the country were
present, as were also representatives from
many OF the American seats OF learning.
At Cincinnati, the Jury in the case OF
John Is. Mannix, formerly assignee Of
Archbishop Purcell, after remaining out
thirty hours reported a disagreement and
were discharged He was charged with en-
bezzling SIT, DO0 from the estate.
Goodrich & Wagner, successors to Ball &
Goodrich, the Oldest wholesale grocers in
Milwaukee, made a voluntary assignment
to B. x. Miller, who furnished bonds in
$2IOs0OO. This sum represents the assets.
The ,accomplices Of the railroad thieves
are resorting to threats to intimidate the
Panhandle railroad officials. Supt. Tay-
Tor received a letter threatening to cut the
wires ii arrests were not stopped.
At Napa, CAL, Elijah Waters and T.
Wagner engaged in a bare knuckle fight.
In the first round Waters was struck on
eAV 1Acdu duu t1ell UNCONSCIOUS lie re-
| manned SO for several hours, when he
died.
| LIZ. Letter OF Chicago paid 81, 900 for
an Elliott Indian Bible at the Brindley sale
in New York.
| j. F.. Taylor, aged sixty, his wife and son
Owen, aged seventeen. were struck and in
stantly killed by an Erie train at cross
ing near Waverly, N. Y. Taylor was O.
wealthy farmer. The accident destroyed
| the entire family.
At CINCINNATI DR.. McGlynn Of New Z ork
delivered a lecture on 'The Cross ola New
| Crusade" OF Music hall, under the man
agement OF the Henry George club. On
the platform were members Of that club,
| and prominent members of the labor
| party There were no Catholic clergymen
on the stage or in the audience. The as.
sembly filed nearly half of the large hall
and numbered perhaps 1000, DE-. Nc
Glynn followed in the main his New York
lecture, but introduced a passage referring
in caustic terms to the censure cast upon
him by Archbishop Elder OF Cincinnati, to
/ whom he attributed the first complaints
against him at Rome.
A firedestroyed the St. Augustine (Flor.)
hotel, the old Spanish cathedral, the Ed
| wards hotel, the court house, the Sinclair
block, Chamberlin's store, Mr.. Scott's res
idence and Welter's hotel The total loss is
| $780, 600 The loss on the st. Augustine ho-
tells $4,000 The insurance had Just ex-
pired. The ninety guests and forty SER
wants in the st. Augustine hotel all escaped
except Bridget Barry, a laundry woman,
who was burned to death. The old Span
ish cathedral was just west OF the St. Au-
gustine house. The roof caught fire and
| soon fell, destroying all the historical rel
les in the interior. The old cathedral was
built in 1898 and was in use for purpo
| of worship up to the time OF its destruc.
ton.
At Missoula, Mont, a fire broke out in
the city jail totally consuming the jail and
one prisoner who had been locked up. 1t
is supposed he set fire to the jail and with
| out any visible means Of escape, intended
suicide. which was successfullyaccomplis
He gave his name as Frank Chambers, and
was arrested for vagrancy. He was TWEEN
| ty-fve years OF age
| An entire election board is arrested at
Jersey City for ballot box frauds.
The cases OF Voice and O'Neil, the two
| policemen indicted at East st. Louis, ILL.,,
for the murder of Mayor Bowman, have
been nolle pressed.
| The old house of Kirkpatrick, Kinzie &
| CO., tanners. Philadelphia has suspended.
Liabilities. 5000, 900.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox has returned from
Havana, and says that city has too many
bad smells to be called celestial
! Senator Dawes notified the sergeant-at-
arms OF the senate that the subcommittee
| OF the senate committee on Indian affairs
| will be ready to start for the Northwest
the latter part OF May. Thesubcommittee,
which was appointed under a resolution
| offered by Senator Morgan in the senate
during the last days of the session, is
| authorized to investigate the adminstra-
ton OF affairs by Indian agents on the
northern border, especially the conduct OF
Agent Sheehan at White Earth agency in
Minnesota. The subcommittee consists
OF Senator Dawes, Sabin and Morgan.
At Minneapolis, in the divorce suits OF
Alice Mitchell VS.. Charles Z. Mitchell and
Lillian Felt VS.. Jay II. Felt, Judgment was
given for the Plaintiffs.
| The Atlanta on her trial trip attained
an average speed OF 15h knots an hour,
which is satisfactory to the navy depart
| ment.
Judge Cooley, president OF the interstate
commerce commission, has returned to
Washington. It is stated that the com.
mission has ruled that nothing in the law
prohibits granting Of excursion rates by
| railroad companies, which will relieve the
| management OF the National Drill associa-
ton from much embarrassment.
A verdict OF $4,000 was rendered in the
suit OF Mrs. Mary Yando against the Chi.
cago Milwaukee and ST.. Paul Rrilroad
| company, which was on trial before Judge
Gary at Chicago. In May, 1885. plaintiff
was run down while crossing the tracks be-
tween Randolph and Lake streets and lost
both hands, besides having several bones
broken. A motion for new trial was en-
tered by the company.
President Cleveland refuses the applica-
ton for a pard on in case. OF William Lee
baron of Minnesota.
Col. R. I. Dodge, Eleventh infantry, has
been ordered to Yankton, under subpoena
| from the United States court.
Congressman Butterworth is a Quaker
and uses the Quaker phrase in his family.
The Treasury department. has refused to
| accept trade dollars in payment OF dues
although these coins are temporarily re-
ceivable in exchange for standard dollars